Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	271
2	Helen	220
3	Margaret	206
4	Dorothy	194
5	Ruth	179
6	Esther	147
6	Evelyn	147
8	Alice	123
9	Gladys	122
10	Irene	121
11	Mildred	115
12	Florence	108
12	Lillian	108
14	Anna	107
15	Frances	106
16	Edna	97
17	Agnes	94
17	Marie	94
19	Emma	87
20	Elizabeth	84
20	Myrtle	84
20	Rose	84
23	Doris	82
24	Martha	81
25	Eleanor	75
26	Ida	73
27	Clara	72
28	Ethel	70
29	Hazel	69
30	Bernice	65
31	Mabel	64
32	Elsie	63
33	Lucille	62
34	Viola	60
35	Eva	58
36	Edith	55
37	Lois	53
38	Vivian	52
39	Bertha	51
40	Ann	49
40	Grace	49
40	Louise	49
40	Thelma	49
44	Virginia	48
45	Hilda	47
46	Katherine	46
46	Marian	46
48	Alma	45
48	Kathryn	45
48	Pauline	45

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	339
2	William	227
3	Robert	191
4	George	153
5	James	147
6	Harold	138
7	Arthur	122
8	Donald	113
9	Raymond	111
10	Edward	110
11	Joseph	108
12	Frank	106
12	Walter	106
14	Henry	103
15	Kenneth	97
16	Albert	92
16	Richard	92
18	Charles	89
18	Clarence	89
20	Edwin	79
21	Herbert	73
22	Ernest	71
23	Carl	70
23	Elmer	70
25	Earl	69
25	Lloyd	69
25	Paul	69
28	Leonard	68
29	Ralph	67
30	Norman	63
31	Melvin	62
31	Roy	62
33	Lawrence	58
34	Alvin	55
34	Vernon	55
36	Alfred	54
36	Fred	54
38	Arnold	53
38	Francis	53
38	Peter	53
41	Clifford	52
41	Harry	52
41	Leo	52
44	Eugene	46
44	Howard	46
44	Theodore	46
47	Chester	45
47	Floyd	45
49	Gordon	42
49	Lester	42